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Anthony Scholar, Dr. Ann D Gordon, to visit Rochester

Photograph by Peter L. Stambler; courtesy of The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony Papers Project
Photograph by Peter L. Stambler; courtesy of The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony Papers Project

Join us for a special opportunity to meet and hear from Ann D. Gordon, PhD.

Dr. Gordon is editor of the Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and recently retired Research Professor from the Department of History at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

A graduate of Smith College, she earned her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in American history. Before joining the Stanton and Anthony papers project in 1982, she worked on the editorial staffs of the projects publishing the papers of Jane Addams and Woodrow Wilson. She has written numerous articles in women’s history and biography, and edited a collection of essays by scholars of African-American history, African American Women and the Vote, 1837-1965 (1997).” (http://ecssba.rutgers.edu/misc/aboutus.html)

Dr. Gordon will deliver a presentation in the Carriage House about key events in Susan B. Anthony’s life and work that connect with current events. An audience Q&A will follow her presentation.

This event is open to the public. General admission is $25.00. Anthony Museum members receive complimentary admission.

Space is limited. Advance reservations are required. Register online (http://ow.ly/10pjag) or by calling 585/279-7490 x 10.

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Anthony Museum Announces Annual Family Tea Event

Grandparent Grandchild Tea 2014 room shot Reservations are now open for our annual Family Tea intergenerational event on

Saturday, April 23

2pm – 4pm

$35.00

(includes admission for 1 adult/1 child)

 

Whether you are a grandparent, parent, aunt, uncle, or a friend, you and your special little one will enjoy an inspiring afternoon at the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House!

Tour the Anthony House and learn all about the ways people communicated in the 19th century

Enjoy an informal “tea” with hot beverages and yummy light refreshments

Create hand-crafted notecards

Have your photo taken with “Susan B. Anthony”

This event is strictly limited. Advance reservations are required and may be made online or by calling our administrative office at 585/279-7490 x 10.

Grandparent Grandchild Tea 2016 Cards

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United, Women Can Accomplish Much

front elevation with historic markerAfter Mary S. Anthony’s death in 1907, the house at 17 Madison Street served as both a single family home and a boarding house. In 1944, the Rochester Federation of Women’s Clubs placed a simple marker to commemorate that this was once the home of the Great Reformer, Susan B. Anthony, and her sister, a reformer in her own right, Mary S. Anthony. The placement of this marker fueled conversations about a more permanent memorial and led, one year later, to the purchase of 17 Madison Street with funds raised by the Rochester Federation of Women’s Clubs.

The Federation was recently featured in the Genesee Valley Penny Saver. To read the full article, please visit their website.

 

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Anthony Museum Closed on Sunday, March 27

Photo Credit: Jason Pratt, Flickr
Photo Credit: Jason Pratt, Flickr

Happy Spring!

The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House will be closed on Sunday, March 27.

Our administrative offices will also be closed on Monday, March 28.

The Anthony Museum & offices will reopen at 11:00 am on Tuesday, March 29.

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Friends of Susan B Anthony Museum announce spring luncheon

The Friends of Susan B. Anthony Museum & House are pleased to announce Ginny Ryan as the speaker for their annual spring luncheon on Wednesday, May 11, at 11:30 am. She will present a keynote, entitled, “My Game-changer”.

Ginny started at Channel 13 in 1987 as a reporter. She currently co-anchors their 5:00 pm and 11:00 pm newscasts and solo anchors the 10:00 pm newscast on Fox Rochester. This year, she and Doug Emblidge will celebrate twenty-five years together as co-anchors, the longest running local anchor team. In 2017, Ginny and Don Alhart will also mark twenty-five years as the 11:00 pm anchor team.

A native of Rochester, Ginny grew up in Gates and graduated from Cardinal Mooney High School and Buffalo State College. She began her career in journalism with WENY-TV in Elmira, NY, just two days after graduation.

Ginny currently serves on the board of directors of the Ronald McDonald House of Rochester and volunteers her time as the emcee for several community events. She and her husband, Jeff, have two children, Jeffrey and Caroline.

To reserve your seat for this event, please call our office at 585/279-7490 x 10 or purchase online.
For more information on the Friends of Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, please visit: http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/blog/friends/

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Anthony Museum to host volunteer open house

The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House will host an open house event for new volunteers on

Tuesday, April 12, 2016, from noon to 4 p.m.

Interested individuals are invited to tour the historic home of Susan B. Anthony, meet key staff members, and learn what exciting volunteer opportunities are available at the Museum

In 2015, the Museum’s volunteer corps of over 120 contributed more than 9,000 hours of their time, providing docent-led tours, programs, retail operations, reception duties, and completing special projects.

For more information, visit our Facebook event or contact Volunteer Coordinator, Deb Coffey, at 585/235-6124 x 16.

Volunteers at our annual 19th Amendment Festival
Volunteers at our annual 19th Amendment Festival
Volunteers cheer on runners in the Flower City Challenge
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Museum remembers the passing of an icon

sba_fullOn March 13, 1906, at forty minutes past midnight, Susan B. Anthony died at the age of 86 in her own bed on the second floor of the house on Madison Street, her home of 40 years.

At her request, much of the ceremonial mourning of the day was not observed: no shades were drawn, no black crepe hung. Only a simple wreath of violets was placed on the front door. For two days, close friends and family came to call. Then on March 15, the world said good-bye at an immense funeral held in Central Presbyterian Church (now the Hochstein School of Music). Amid a raging blizzard, thousands of mourners filled the church and over ten thousand more passed by her flag-draped coffin that was flanked by an honor guard of women students from the University of Rochester—the school she’d finally opened up to them in 1901. Next to the coffin was a silk suffrage flag with four gold stars, representing the only states where women then could vote; pinned on her breast was a jeweled flag pin with four diamond stars, a gift from women of Wyoming, the first in our nation to win the vote, thanks to all of her efforts on their behalf.

The Rochester newspaper of the day reported: “Rochester made no secret of its personal grief. There must have been people of every creed, political party, nationality, and plane of life in those long lines that kept filing through the aisles of Central Church. The young and the aged of the land were represented. Every type was there to bow in reverence, respect and grief. Professional men, working men, financiers came to offer homage. Women brought little children to see the face of her who had aimed at being the emancipator of her sex, but whose work had ended just as victory seemed within reach. Priests, ministers…, rabbis …, came to look upon her who had more than once given them inspiration in dark moments.”

The service in the church lasted an hour and a half. It took another 2 or more hours for the thousands of mourners to file past the coffin. Finally, in late afternoon, with the snowstorm still raging, Susan B’s most intimate friends and relatives accompanied her to her final resting place in Mt. Hope Cemetery. There, beneath a simple white stone engraved only with her name and dates, she was laid to rest. The final words were spoken by her dear friend, the Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, who in tender and reverent voice, pronounced these solemn words: “Dear friend, thou hast tarried with us long; thou has now gone to thy well-earned rest. We beseech the Infinite Spirit who has upheld thee to make us worthy to follow in thy steps and carry on the work. Hail and farewell.”

Some years earlier, during a family reunion at her birthplace in Adams, Massachusetts, Susan B. Anthony had written her own epitaph. As the family gathered out in the yard on a glorious summer day, amid the horse-drawn carriages of all those who had come to call, someone remarked that the scene looked like a funeral. Anthony immediately replied:

“When it is a funeral, remember that I want there should be no tears.
Pass on, and go on with the work.”

IMG_3042Please join us for a memorial wreath ceremony on Sunday, March 13, at 11:00 am. The short ceremony will be followed at 12:30 pm by A Conversation with the CEO in our Carriage House. Anthony Museum president & CEO, Deborah L. Hughes, will provide an update and lead a discussion of future plans for the Museum. Both events are free and open to the public.

All general public tours will be available at the student rate of $5.00 that day only (members are always complimentary).

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Susan B. responds to TR

Most of us know Susan B. Anthony’s famous “Failure is Impossible” speech, delivered at her last public appearance on the occasion of her 8sba_full6th birthday in February 1906.

What you may not know is that then-President Theodore Roosevelt sent his own birthday greetings to the Great Reformer via telegram:

Photo Credit: Library of Congress
Photo Credit: Library of Congress

“Pray let me join with you in congratulating Miss Anthony upon her eighty-sixth birthday and in extending to her the most hearty good wishes for the continuation of her useful and honorable life. Sincerely yours, Theodore Roosevelt”

Her response?

“I wish the men would do something besides extend congratulations. I have asked President Roosevelt to push the matter of a constitutional amendment allowing suffrage to women by a recommendation of Congress. I would rather have him say a word to Congress for the cause than to praise me endlessly.”

Today marks the 196th birthday of Susan B. Anthony. Happy birthday, Susan B!

 

Adapted from a submission by Mary Ellen Sweeney

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Enjoy a night of theatre and give back to the Anthony Museum!

Our friends at the Downstairs Cabaret have an exciting offer for supporters of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House!

In the vein of “Be an Influencer” that Billy Jean King spoke of at the Susan B Anthony Birthday Luncheon yesterday, we hope you will attend a new show at the Downstairs Cabaret.  ONE CHILD BORN: THE MUSIC OF LAURA NYRO will be at 20 Windsor Street (across from Eastman Theatre) this weekend only. 

Besides being a ground-breaking singer-songwriter of the 1960s and ’70s, Laura Nyro had a major influence on many other musicians and those who loved her music.  If you mention “Susan B. Anthony House” when you make required advance reservations (325-4370), $5 of your ticket will be donated to the Susan B. Anthony House! 

It’s a great way to support two of Rochester’s non-profit cultural organizations while having a wonderful time.  Thank you, and hope to see you at the show!

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To see a preview of this show, please visit: http://ow.ly/YdVvX